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Truth	By : emethyst Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male > Kakashi/Iruka Views: 4096 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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kakashi peered over his book, iruka had been going strong translating the new scroll for the last two hours, he had considered try to take the work away from the chunin numerous times, but was able to hold off until now. iruka's eyes were drooping and he kept rubbing them before going back to work. shaking his head he stood up and walked over before holding out his hand.

iruka looked up as kakashi stood infront of him, his hand outstretched.

"can i help you?"

"scroll now"

looking down to his work and then back up to the jounin he frowned.

"but im not done"

kakashi made a grabbing motion with his outstretched hand. sighing iruka rolled up the scroll and handed it over to the other man. kakashi put it back in his vest determined to not allow iruka to work on it again tonight. it was plain to see that iruka was tired, not only from their vigerous training session but with also reading over the scroll the last couple hours. going back to take his seat kakashi pulled his book back out and reguarded the chunin sitting opposite of him.

"you did well today"

iruka blushed at the compliment, he still wasnt used to accepting praise from people. he never thought he could get used to it.

"thanks"

"word of advice though"

iruka nodded his head, he would take any knowledge the man who was more experienced could give him.

"your going to have to fight one on one during the exam, thats unavoidable. even you cant stay hidden in the tree's for three days and they wouldnt pass you even if you could"

iruka nodded, he knew he couldnt just run and hide the entire time he was in the exam, they would expect to see a wide variety of skills in order to consider him for the rank of jounin.

"i just dont want to hurt anyone"

kakashi smiled gently beneath his mask, iruka wasnt looking at him though so he didnt see it.

"your opponents will be fully trained shinobi iruka, they can defend themselves and if they cant then they shouldnt be giving the exam in the first place."

iruka nodded, it didnt make him feel any better about possibly using some of his more dangerous techniques on a collegue. especially with kakashi and his team watching him the entire time.

"are you going to ask ibiki for some time off to prepare for the test?"

he knew it was a long shot, especially since new information seemed to be pouring into the interrogation office about wave. he couldnt help but try to direct the chunin towards a better outcome though.

"i dont know, with the new information and everything going on. i dont even know if he'd let me take time off right now, reguardless of the reason."

well at least the chunin was considering it.

"you wont know until you try"

smiling up to the jounin he nodded his head. the least he could do is ask, the worst that would happen is that ibiki would threaten him again. leaning back in his chair iruka relaxed in the comfortable silence between the two of them. their growing friendship had come to a surprise to the chunin, he'd never thought that the great copy nin would give him his valuable time besides when being ordered too, but now that they had lived together for a while, they had just fallen into a routine with one another and it was nice to actually come home to someone. smiling iruka couldnt believe that it all started with him being tortured by ibiki.

the pair made dinner before continouing like they normally did, reading in silence except for the ocassional question between them. it wasnt long before iruka excused himself for bed and smiled when kakashi handed him the scroll he'd been translating. nodding his head at the jounin him and mayonaka headed off to bed.

kakashi stayed up later than he normally did, he couldnt help but let his mind wander to the chunin living with him. he didnt want to admit it but he was growing quite fond of the chunin, sure they were friends now, but a small part of him couldnt help but love the way the chunin blushed at everything and refused to do harm to people. his kind nature drew kakashi to him like a moth to flame and it made the copy nin uncomfortable. he knew iruka would never go for a serious relationship, not since what mizuki did to him. the man hadnt been in a relationship since and it was no secret why. he would just have to be ok with being the mans friend, he told himself. sighing he followed his nightly routine and went to bed.

************

kakashi woke up with a start. a door had just slammed against the wall. kunai ready he sat up in bed, then sighed as he saw iruka hoping on one foot to try and get his pants on in a hurry. snorting at the man got irukas attention and the embarresed nin fell over as he lost his balance. he frowned as he heard kakashi laughing at him.

"shut up, im running late"

"well you could always go without pants, that might be enough to keep ibiki away"

iruka glared at him through the open doorway as he finally secured the errant piece of atire.

"i highly doubt that, but thank you for your wisdom"

kakashi smiled and watched as iruka headed to the door, it wasnt long before he heard the chunin leave. leaning back against the headboard, kakashi vaguely wondered if he could get a day mission or if the hokage was still mad at him.

********

iruka ended up being almost an hour late for work and based on the scowl on ibiki's face that lingered throughout the day, his boss was not impressed. iruka held off on asking for time off until it was nearly time for him to leave. summoning up his courage he went to the lower level to ask the intimidating man. he wasnt surprised when he passed various members of anbu, he bowed polietly before moving around them without a sound. they watched him, but didnt respond to him. finally unable to find ibiki he turned to the goat masked anbu and asked.

"have you seen ibiki?"

the nin nodded and pointed to a door across the way.

"he's interrogating someone, i wouldnt go in there if i were you"

iruka got the message and nodded to the intimidating anbu, instead he shuffled the files in his arms and leaned against the opposite wall from the anbu. iruka bit his lip as he waited, he didnt know this anbu, but he had nothing else to do while he waited for ibiki to get done with whatever it was he was doing.

"why a goat?"

the anbu turned his head to face him and tilted his head a minute way.

"your mask, why a goat?"

"im fast on my feet, can climb up rocky inclines with little effort"

iruka smiled to the man, it was nice of the anbu to answer him instead of just stare at him.

"then you are apptly named"

the anbu nodded his head before reguarding the man before him.

"your the one translating the missives?"

iruka nodded before holding up the stack of papers he had

"yeah, that would be me.my parents were from wave and brought me here as a child"

to his surprise the anbu started shaking his head at him.

"something wrong?"

"you shouldnt be so open with those details."

iruka was a little flustered by that.

"i've been cleared by ibiki himself, i had no involvement with waves attack on konoha"

the anbu shrugged like that meant little to him before stating

"some would still question your loyalty, when all you've been translating turns out to be gibberish anyways"

iruka frowned at the anbu, he was doing his best, it wasnt his fault that wave had caught onto the fact that konoha was intercepting their ninja. before he could say anything back to the anbu the door opened startling iruka, turning he saw ibiki come out wiping his hands on a cloth, it was red. gulping he approached the intimidating man.

"i have the latest files"

ibiki reguarded him for a mintue before stating

"and? that wouldnt be enough to bring you down to see me, you could have sent them with anyone"

sighing he got right to the point of it, there was no point in trying to play innocent around ibiki.

"i need some time off"

ibiki raised a brow at him, he was rather surprised with how forward the chunin was being.

"why?"

he half expected the normally quick to anger man to retort that it wasnt his buisness, but surprisingly iruka answered calmly.

"im taking the jounin exam in less than two weeks"

"arent we eager"

iruka snorted catching both ibiki and the anbu guards attention.

"not my choice, i was supposed to have like three months to practice, but the council moved up my exam date"

"and why would they do that?"

iruka shrugged, he had no doubt that ibiki could find out if he wanted to and he had no want to share the information with the unknown anbu who had riddiculed him earlier.

"how much time?"

he sighed, he knew ibiki wasnt going to give him the entire time off but had silently hoped that the man might consider it.

"how much can i have?"

ibiki stared down at his nervous worker, he knew that iruka hated being around him and kinda enjoyed riling the man up. it wasnt often that people spoke back to him.

"you can have next week off, but you work the rest of this one"

iruka nodded eagerly, that was more than he could have hoped for.

"thank you"

ibiki just shook his head.

"make sure you pass the exam the first time, i wont be so forgiving next time"

with that he walked off with the goat anbu. sighing iruka tried to look on the bright side, at least he might have a chance at things if kakashi's group was able to train him hard next week.

iruka quickly packed up his things and made his way back to the apartment, he was excited to tell kakashi about his time off to prepare for the exam. when he arrived home, he wasnt too surprised to find the apartment empty. he knew kakashi did other things while he was away, but had silently hoped that the man would be there when he came home. shaking his head he had to tell himself to not get so attached, he was already relying on the man far too much. he'd allowed kakashi to see him at some of his worst times and instead of goading him on, the man had been kind to him. smiling he went into the kitchen and started to cook, he was going to make something special for dinner as a thank you to kakashi for everything he was doing for him.

he was nearly done with the food when he heard the front door open and close.

"iruka?"

"in the kitchen"

he heard footsteps but poked his head out of the kitchen doorway to ward the man off.

"no peeking"

kakashi raised a brow but nodded his head. instead venturing to his chair and rubbing mayonakas head.

"what's he up too ne?"

"no talking to her either"

laughing he informed iruka that although he was close with his ninken he couldnt read minds and since mayonaka couldnt speak to him there was no way of him getting any information out of her. iruka just retorted that he still didnt want him trying to pry information out of his dog. kakashi smiled, he was glad that iruka was thinking of mayonaka as his.

luckily the impatient nin didnt have to wait long, iruka came out of the kitchen holding two plates, handing one to kakashi he took his seat and watched as kakashi examined his plate.

"how'd you?"

"i may have asked someone in your team for advice"

shaking his head kakashi dove into his favorite meal, letting the chunin know right away that it was delicious. iruka just blushed but continued to eat his own meal. once they were done, iruka took the plates back into the kitchen and cleaned up, refusing to allow kakashi to help. once he was done and back in his favorite chair kakashi asked him what it was all about.

"i just wanted to be able to thank you in some way for everything your doing for me"

kakashi smiled, but told the chunin he didnt need anything, he was happy to help. much to his amusement it just made iruka blush more. before he could try and make iruka turn any more redder he was interuppted by said chunin.

"i talked with ibiki today-about taking some time off"

"oh, and what did he say?"

"i can have all of next week off to prepare for the test, but i have to work the rest of this week like im scheduled."

kakashi nodded, he was glad that ibiki was giving the man to prepare. he'd been curious if he should talk with the man about it, but figured ibiki would rat him out to the chunin just for shits and giggles.

"thats good, i'll let the others know when i see them tomorrow. we got a small mission to take care of so i might be gone for a couple days"

iruka nodded before asking if it was dangerous. seeing the concern in the mans eyes he shook his head.

"mostly recon, so long as we stay hidden no one should be the wiser"

iruka smiled brightly at that, he had no doubt that kakashi's team could stay hidden. then an idea struck him.

"do you know goat?"

"goat? iruka your going to have to explain a little more than that"

nodding his head and apologizing he clarified.

"and anbu with a goats mask"

"ah, yeah i've seen him around headquarters, why?"

"he's an ass"

kakashi laughed, most anbu had issues communicating with other people so it was no surprise that iruka might take their isolating ways as an insult.

"mah, he propably didnt understand why a chunin was wandering down in interrogation, im guessing you had to go below to find ibiki today"

iruka nodded before saying.

"it would have been nothing if he'd just ignored me, but he seemed to think i needed a lesson in keeping my mouth shut"

now kakashi was concerned.

"what happened?"

"i asked him about his mask, i propably shouldnt have, but he didnt have to answer me, after he did he asked if i was the one translating all the scrolls. i of course told him yes and began to explain that my parents had lived in wave and brought me to konoha as a child. thats when he just started shaking his head at me and when i asked what was wrong he said i shouldnt say such things becaue people would question my loyalty reguardless if ibiki had cleared me"

kakashi sighed, unfortunetly some of his bretheren were a little stuck up when it came to themselves and interacting with ranks below them.

"ignore him, chances are he's an old anbu who's stuck in the old ways."

"what do you mean?"

"after youve served for a while your given senior status, some people dont bother worrying about it, while others strive for it thinking its some high and mighty position. in reality its just a title and means next to nothing. he's propably from before the third war and is some old fogey whos stuck in the pomp and circumstance of respecting people and questioning the actions of others to such a high degree that his own mother could be a traitor."

iruka laughed a little, kakashi always seemed to know what to say to cheer him up, its one of the reason's he loved the jounin. freezing at his train of thought he tried to reorganize his mind when kakashi called out to him in concern because of the weird face he was making. shaking his head he smiled reasuringly to the jounin and said something at work just clicked in his head about one of the scrolls he'd been translating. kakashi nodded not really believeing the chunin but going along with his story anyways, if iruka wanted to talk about what was bothering him, he would.

clearing his head, iruka couldnt believe what his mind had lead him too. he loved kakashi? he couldnt he'd only really known the man for a month and half of that time was him watching him be tortured. that did not count as a normal relationship, but then again none of his relationships were normal. deciding to think about it later when he was alone in his room he asked kakashi how his day had gone.

the jounin of course went into a wild and outlandish tale of saving old ladies and reporting to the hokage on time to be briefed for his mission. which was actually true, but iruka of course didnt know that. he went on to say he had to brave the market place for some lunch with his teammates before going and training for a few hours. iruka just shook his head at kakashi's wild tale.

the night drifted on with comfortable silence folllowed by bouts of talking to one another about this and that. like always iruka went to bed first, but unknowkn to kakashi, he did so this time so he could reflect on what was happening in his own head. he had a hard time falling to sleep that night, all the while questioning how he really felt about the jounin.

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morning came swift enough and with it a frantic iruka setting about getting ready to work, rushing out the door with mayonaka swift on his heals he never noticed kakashi sitting up in bed watching him.

sighing kakashi leaned against the headboard. he hadnt meant to watch iruka getting ready, but he couldnt seem to keep his eyes off of the adorable chunin. he knew he shouldnt let his mind wander to things that would never be, shouldnt let himself fantasize about being with the chunin in more than just a friendship. looking out the window kakashi sighed again, he wasnt sure what to do in this situation. it had been a long time since he had last considered dating someone, ultimatley he had pushed the person away to save both himself and them the heartbreak of the shinobi lifestyle when dealing with a man in anbu. he had no doubts that iruka understood what being an anbu meant, he'd asked enough questions and seen them while on duty to know they upheld the law of konoha above all else. but still he couldnt help but wonder if it would work between the two of them, granted if he could get iruka to even consider it. he was almost positive that the man was too badly damaged from mizuki's doing to have another relationship and trust his partner. he cursed mizuki for that, for taking that away from iruka. getting out of bed he let his mind drift to more pleasant things, like being able to help the man prepare for his jounin exam and then being about to look over the man in secrecy while he underwent the exam itself.

********

iruka stretched his back, hearing a couple pops he sighed before curling his form back around the scroll he was translating. he didnt hear the door open, but the sound of mayonaka growling told him it was ibiki.

"hello ibiki"

"she really doesnt like me does she?"

"the feeling is mutual im afraid"

he heard the man let out a bark of a laugh which startled the man into looking up to ibiki. straightening himself out he could help but apologize to the man, he hadnt meant to say that.

"you wouldnt have said it if you didnt feel it, besides i dont expect you to like me, i expect you to do your job"

iruka nodded and asked what he could do for him. ibiki pulled out a black scroll, iruka's eyes widened. those were anbu scrolls.

"we might have fished this off of a new captive of ours and was wondering if you could desipher the gibberish written all over it"

iruka nodded and took the scroll delicatly before wetting his lips and asking if it was safe. ibiki nodded.

"they've already removed the booby trap on the scroll, your as safe as you can be holding information of that magnitude."

iruka unrolled the scroll carefully and took in the writing, it was definatly wave and unlike the previous scrolls it wasnt encoded, they had obviously entrusted this scroll with a high level nin and hadnt expected the man or woman to be taken captive. looking up to ibiki he nodded.

"i'll have it done before i leave today"

"good"

ibiki walked back to the doorway he had entered from before turning around to see that iruka was already at work on the scroll. smiling he left.

************

iruka struggled up the stairs, his back was killing him from leaning over his desk all day, mayonaka made it look so easy climbing up the three flights that he muttered 'show off' coming to the door he unlocked it and came in, he heard kakashi greet him and he called back to the ninja before removing his sandals and trudging into the living room.

"well you look dead on your feet"

"thanks"

he all but collapsed into his chair sighing at the new position made his back align at a new angle.

"tough day i take it?"

"yeah, they got a new wave ninja, dont know where they found em but he had a anbu scroll on him, thats what i got to desipher today"

he saw kakashi's eye widen. anbu scrolls could be dangerous things.

"they just let you open the thing?"

"no, ibiki had already taken care of the danger on it, he just turned it over to me for reading"

relaxing again in his chair, kakashi was relieved to know that ibiki wasnt actually trying to kill the chunin.

"so what was in it?"

"im afraid thats classified information"

iruka smirked at him, it wasnt often he got to one up the jounin and he was going to enjoy it. kakashi snorted before stating he could just go in tomorrow and read the damned thing. pouting a little iruka told him how the scroll had actually been a small assault plan for some of the neighboring villages around konoha, to try and drive konoha to spread their shinobi forces out to protect the people in the villages thereby leaving fewer men to protect the main city. kakashi's eye widened, it was a good plan but know that they knew about it they could do something to prepare.

"did it say when they planned the assault?"

iruka shook his head.

"no, they keep leaving off the date, more than likely because their being cautious about the information getting out and spoiling their plans. the hokage already knows about it and has sent word to the leaders of the outlying villages that they should evacuate their people to safe ground."

kakashi nodded, at least innocent people werent going to get hurt because of the wave's desire to hurt konoha. smiling at the tired chunin he asked.

"tea?"

"oh yes please"

nodding his head kakashi prepared some tea for them and served it to the chunin before retaking his seat. they enjoyed their hot beverage in silence.

"so when do you leave for your mission?"

"tomorrow morning, should only take a day or two"

iruka nodded his head, he knew he could take care of himself just fine without kakashi around, but to be honest he was going to miss the other ninja. hiding his emotions he wished the man luck on his mission. they had a casual dinner together before going their sepperate ways.

********

iruka got up and got ready for work, knowing that kakashi was already gone, he sighed. he was becoming to attached to the man, he should know better by now, it never ended well for him. he'd just wind up getting hurt or hurting kakashi. shaking his head to clear his thoughts he finished getting ready and took off for the day.
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